I could not believe I managed to spot these next to each other. I mean, Bart and Keystone?
It’s right up there with this one, which I also saw on the back of a truck:
Check out the design:
- Red as the main color
- Sans-serif capital italics (just like the longest-running versions of the Flash logo)
- A lightning bolt that runs from the upper right to the lower left.
Hmm…
It got me thinking about commercial applications of super-speed. Not something that turns up often in the super-hero genre, but it shows up occasionally. Kapitalist Kouriers is the first one that comes to mind. They were a trio of Soviet defectors who decided to sell their services as couriers and, from time to time, heroes for hire.
Reposted from K-Squared Ramblings: Bart? Keystone? & Flash Transport.
Issue #1 vol. 2 saw Wally delivering a human heart for cash as well…
IIRC he arranged for health insurance in exchange for delivering the heart — which might have been a better deal than just asking for cash, even in the 1980s.
Heee! All they needed was a “SWIFT” truck in the next lane…
.-= Margaret’s latest blog post: Q & A with Charles P. Wilson III: Artist, The Stuff of Legend =-.
😀 That would’ve been perfect!
I’ll have to remember to take a photo of my local comic book store, the owner is a big Flash fan (it was his house seen in an issue, I think the house was in Hawaii?)
His store is called Central City comics.